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Emmanuel Okechukwu Ugboaja: The Game Changer
Barister Emmanuel Ugboaja is a born-again Christian. A fresh face, with the impetus to represent Bendel Federal constituency.Today, Emma is set on addressing years of systematic and unmitigated s…
Russia to expel UK diplomats soon as retaliation: Foreign Minister
Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, has said that Moscow will soon expel British diplomats as retaliation for the UK's expulsion of 23 of its own diplomats in the country over a nerve gas attac…
Philippines' President Duterte to withdraw from International Criminal Court
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has, on Wednesday, said he will be withdrawing his country out of the treaty on which the International Criminal Court (ICC) was formed, after it began examining…
Knife attacker shot outside Iranian ambassador's residence in Vienna had Islamist sympathies: Authorities
Authorities on Tuesday said, the man who was shot dead after the weekend after attacking a soldier with a knife outside the Iranian ambassador's residence in Vienna had Islamist sympathies.Michaela K…
Russian TV accuses Britain of Spy's Poisoning
Britain has been accused of poisoning Sergei Skripal, a former Russian double agent, in southern England by Russia. According to Russian state TV, this was part of plans meant to disrupt's Russia's h…
Breaking: South Korean Delegation Arrive Pyongyang, to Meet Kim Jong-Un
South Korean delegation to North Korea, has arrived Pyongyang on Monday. The delegation according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency will meet with Kim Jong-Un in a dinner the North Korean leader is…
South Korean Delegation Tasked With Restarting Dialogue Between The US and Pyongyang, Leaves For North Korea
Following the warm relations between North and South Korea achieved as a result of the Olympic games, South Korea is sending a delegation to North Korea with the aim of restarting dialogue between Py…
Suicide Bomber Attack Military Base in Somalia, Al Shabaab Claims Responsibilty
A Somali military base about 30 km (20 miles) northwest of Mogadishu, the nation's capital has been attacked by a suicide bomber on Friday. Militant group al Shabaab has claimed responsibility of the…
Suicide Bomb Attack in Kabul Kills One
A suicide car bombing has killed at least one civilian and injured about four others. The combing which targeted the convoy of foreign troops disrupted activities in the eastern part of Kabul on Frid…
Plane Crash leaves 65 Presumed Dead in Iran
Rescue teams in Iran are trying to locate the wreckage of a plane that crashed with about 65 people on board it. The search for the Aseman Airlines flight has been impeded by glacial temperatures and…
Migrant filled truck crashes in Libya, at least 19 killed
Officials says a truck which crashed near the town of Bani Walid, in Libya on Wednesday, was carrying Europe-bound African migrants. The crash killed least 19 dead and with no lower that 78 people in…
Kuwait shows support towards Iraq's reconstruction bid, pledges of $2 billion
In a bid to assist in the rebuilding of Iraq, from the destruction the nation witnessed during it fight against Islamic State extremists, Kuwait has pledged to lend $1 billion and another $1 billion …
India-Pakistan Crisis: Indian's Defence Minister warns Pakistan will pay for Army camp attack
India and Pakistan conflicts seems to deepens as India's defence minister issued a warning saying Pakistan would pay for the deadly attack by militants on an army camp in the northern state of Jammu …
Pakistani Taliban Deputy Leader Killed in Drone Strike
The deputy leader of the Pakistani Taliban has been killed in a suspected U.S. drone strike and a new deputy has been appointed said the Tehrik-e-Taliban paksitan.A spokesman for the militant group, …
Egyptian forces continues attacks on Islamist Militants
Egyptian security forces have reported a successful offensive against Islamist militants in Sinai. In a statement by the army, 12 of militants were killed and another 92 suspects arrested. This bring…
US Vice President avoids North Korea's delegation at the winter Olympic games
U.S. Vice President, Mike Pence has avoided having any sort of encounter with the North Korean delegate as he attended the opening ceremony of the winter Olympic games hosted by South Korea. Mr …
Syria: US forces conducts air strikes against pro-government forces
US officials have confirmed that an air strike had been carried out against pro-Syrian goverment forces which had attacked the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in what it described as an unpr…
PSG to face Real Madrid in UEFA Champions League knockout stage
- PSG to face Real Madrid in UEFA Champions League knockout stage.- Head coach Emery welcomes the fixture and fancies his team's chances.- Plans to to "organise ourselves well tactically and, of cour…
France's Macron criticises U.S. Jerusalem move as Netanahu visits the EU
- France's Macron criticises U.S. Jerusalem move as Netanahu visits the EU.- Urges Netanyahu to overcome the current deadlock with Palestine.- Macron further states that Trump's Jerusalem move …
US vows to continue to put pressure on Iran to uphold nuclear deal
- US vows to continue to put pressure to Iran to uphold nuclear deal.- Trump has repeatedly called the Iran nuclear deal a sham.- Tillerson accuses Iran of destabilising the region.U.S. secretary of …